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Kalina Vs. Fletcher

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 07, 1997

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  1. Briscoe Vs. Lahue US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1983
  2. Bradley Vs. Fisher US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1871
  3. Forrester Vs. White US Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1988
  4. Malley Vs. Briggs US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1986
  5. imbler Vs. Pachtman US Supreme Court · Nov 03, 1975
  6. Buckley Vs. Fitzsimmons US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1993
  7. GersteIn Vs. Pugh US Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1975
  8. U.S. 118 (1997) October Term, 1997 Syllabus Kalina V. Fletcher
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  9. since such conduct is not protected by the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity. Pp. 123-131. (a) Imbler v. Pachtman
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  10. is fully protected by absolute immunity when performing the traditional functions of an advocate, see, e. g., Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  11. in presenting a judge with a complaint and supporting affidavit to establish probable cause for an arrest, see Malley v. Briggs
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  12. may not be satisfied by the mere filing of an unsworn information signed by the prosecutor, see, e. g., Gerstein v. Pugh
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  13. J. Wallace Malley, Jr., of Vermont, Julio A. Brady of the Virgin Islands, Christine Q Gregoire of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw
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  14. seizures. In determining immunity, we accept the allegations of respondent's complaint as true. See Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  15. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. The Ninth Circuit first noted that under our decision in Malley v. Briggs
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  16. F.3d 653 , 655656 (1996). Relying on the functional approach endorsed in Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  17. The Court of Appeals acknowledged that the Sixth Circuit had reached a different result in Joseph v. Patterson
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  18. to be construed in the light of common-law principles that were well settled at the time of its enactment. See Tenney v. Brandhove
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  19. when identifying both the elements of the cause of action and the defenses available to state actors. In Imbler v. Pachtman
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  20. who had litigated the charges against him. Relying in part on common-law precedent, and per- 9 See Briscoe v. LaHue
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  21. in malicious prosecution actions against private persons who brought prosecutions at early common law. See Savile v. Roberts
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  22. Hill v. Miles
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  23. White v. Frank
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  24. Yates v. Lansing
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  25. the judicial process of protecting the prosecutor when serving as an advocate in judicial proceedings. Thus, in Burns v. Reed
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  26. appropriate nor justifiable that, for the same act, immunity should protect the one and not the other.' Hampton v. Chicago
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  27. immunity when engaged in the performance of national defense functions rather than prosecutorial functions. Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  28. See also Bradley v. Fisher
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  29. as giving the officer the same absolute immunity enjoyed by the prosecutor. Cf. Imbler v. Pachtman
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  30. jury, but not by the mere filing of criminal charges in an unsworn information signed by the prosecutor. Gerstein v. Pugh
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  31. see also Coolidge v. New
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  32. in the criminal process as the police officers in Malley v. Briggs
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  33. Burns v. Reed
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  34. The Court's long road to what is, superficially at least, the opposite result in today's opinion, began with Imbler v. Pachtman
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  35. of initiating a criminal prosecution. Then, in Briscoe v. LaHue
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  36. of serving as a witness. And in Malley v. Briggs
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  37. Syllabus Kalina V. Fletcher
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  38. See Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  39. Joseph v. Patterson
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  40. See Tenney v. Brandhove
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  41. In Imbler v. Pachtman
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  42. See Briscoe v. LaHue
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  43. See Savile v. Roberts
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  44. Hampton v. Chicago
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  45. Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  46. Cf. Imbler v. Pachtman
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  47. Coolidge v. New
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